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Why does xenforo forum software not allow animated avatars?
i try to upload a animated avatar on my new forum and I can't.
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i try to upload a animated avatar on my new forum and I can't.
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The animated avatar discussion here is sort of moot. I believe I mentioned this when it came up before, but we don't disallow animated avatars explicitly; they just don't work because GD doesn't support them. In theory, the only way you could get an animated avatar to appear with a post would be for it be 92x92, though the code doesn't support that as is.
Indeed, ImageMagick supports resizing animated GIFs. However, there is actually a borderline denial of service vector there, so I'm not sure if I'd want to allow that anyway.
Why does xenforo forum software not allow animated avatars?
i try to upload a animated avatar on my new forum and I can't.
??
Read Mikes post... He explains why its done the way it is.i shouldn't have to do this on my own, it should be an option by default in the system... thanks for the link.
If a member only participates in your forum because they get to see their own animated avatar, are they really a member worth going haywire over losing? I don't think any valuable members would truly leave a community just because of an avatar issue. But I'm no expert and I know every community is different, so I don't know.I hope so, yesterday I made a refund request and today I thought about it and decided that their is no better option available in the market then to kick start my project with a team of experts who are now running xenforo... I only hope that in the near future they will fix this issue. Animated avatars or not, I don't want to loose a potential new member to not having animated avatar! As a fan of animated avatars I assure you it plays a big role.
On the contrary.The list of things that aren't implemented or possible in Xenforo is getting quite long now.
Shamil: you got it all wrong, I'm sorry. Whether or not to allow for animated avatars should be entirely up the each administrator. I don't find it distracting at all, and my members wants it. Enough said.
Well, I've never seen an animated avatar in a forum where people are discussing anything important, so it may be a moot point.bloody annoying and off putting when you're trying to concentrate on something important.
'we'? Glad to know you got hired by XenForo .Software-wise it is just not feasible. Having animated avatars offers a great distraction and pulls the visitor's attention away from your content. We want to make things easier for your visitors and members, not harder.
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